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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier) from Medieval Latin studiāre and Latin studēre, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan.
Verb[edit]
study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)
- (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
- I need to study my biology notes.
- (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- I study medicine at the university.
- To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- Biologists study living things.
- In 2015, scientists found that 82 percent of glaciers studied in China had decreased in size.
- To look at minutely.
- He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
- To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
- I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
- July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
- To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians 4:11:
- And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of study
infinitive | (to) study | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | study | studied | |
2nd-person singular | study, studiest† | ||
3rd-person singular | studies, studieth† | ||
plural | study | ||
subjunctive | study | studied | |
imperative | study | — | |
participles | studying | studied |
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to revise/review materials
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to take a course
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to acquire knowledge
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to look at minutely
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to fix the mind closely upon a subject; to muse; to ponder
to endeavor diligently; to be zealous
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, hit”). Doublet of studio.
Noun[edit]
study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The study of languages is fascinating.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:
- He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- I made a careful study of his sister.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life
- The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
- The proper study of mankind is man.
- 1762, Edmund Law, An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introductory”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
- his cheery little study
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
- Geoffrey's face was a study.
- Geoffrey's face was a study in amazement [or in bewilderment, irritation, distress etc.]
- (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XX, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
- wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I myȝte preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte
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- (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
- My study was to avoid disturbing her.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Just men they seemd, and all thir study bent / To worship God aright, and know his works.
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- See also Thesaurus:study
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)
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Translations[edit]
mental effort to acquire knowledge
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act of studying or examining — see examination
branch of learning or object that is being studied
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room in a house intended for reading and writing
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artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique
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music: piece for special practice — see etude
academic publication
(obsolete in English) state of mental perplexity or worried thought
(archaic in English) thought, as directed to a specific purpose; concern
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